Sharp County record., 1887-01-20
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS.

who kept a large amount OF money Sc
creted in her house, was killed few nights
ago by an unknown tramp.
The judges Of twenty-one countHs III
the drought afflicted region OF Texas met
at Albany few days ago and issued an
appeal to the country at large for S5JO,ooo
with which to relieve thirty thousand des-
titute ersOns. !.
1t is understood Senator Brown, OF
Georgia, will occupy his seat in the Sen
ate about the middle of the month, ana
will make speech in favor OF woman S
suffrage. after which he will resign. The
ostensible reason for retiring is that ne
suffers greatly from asthma, and his phy'
sicians warns him against the Washington
winter climate and exertion OF senatorial
duty. The real reason, however, IS allegeu
bv some to be the Senator's feeling that he
has been sighted in the matter OF patron'
age. Among the leading candidates lor
the seat are Governor Gordon, Congress
man Crisp, General Lawton, Hon. j. u :
Black and N. ]. Hammond.
Louis Nadin, Frenchman, residing I'D
Mobile, Ala, made the startling ana uh-
expected discovery few days ago tilaV he
had been robbed as long ago as the 3Vth o!
November Of about $1,000 in money ana
bonds by bold and successful connuence
game. Some time in the latter part OF
November Nadin made the acquaintance
of a fellow countryman lately arrived, ahQ
the new acquaintance introduced MN 10
third Frenchman. The three became very
intimate, In the course of time they sue
ceeded in inducing Nadin to display his
wealth by first showing hlm the Iarge
amount of securities and gold which tney
possessed. One of them had his posses
sions in box in his hotel, and Nadln In
sisted on going with him to remove 1t TO a
safe place AS the box was opened ana lts
gold and bonds displayed, Nadin was called
from the room, leaving his own money be-
hind When he returned his friend told
him that he had put his (Nadin'S) treas
ures in his own box, which he turned over
to the Mobile man for safe keeping Nadln
never suspected anything wrong until re-
Gently, when he broke open his friends
box and found that there was nothing NIT
but number of newspapers and lot OF
lead. The police have been notified.
A citizen of Montgomery, Ala, has been
in the city jail fifteen years for drunken
ness. He is thirty years old.
William Burklett, ferryman on the Oc'
mulgee river in Georgia, was paralyzed
recently Immediately after cursing his
Creator.
James R. Randall, Of the Augusta (Ga.)
Chyoaic'e has been designated to receive
subscriptions fer monument to the late
Paul H, Hayne.
The Central Sugar-house and refinery on
General Adolph Meyers Cora plantation,
in Ibervile Parish, La, was destroyed by
fire few days ago; loss, 100000.
in Athens, Ga, a few days ago uni
versity studSnt became suddenly blind
while recitins selection at a literary en-
tertainment. She is now receiving treat
mcnt in Cincinnati.
FIVE hundred negroes passed through
Atlanta Ga, a few days ago on their way
from their homes in South and North Car
olina to Alabama, where they expected to
find employment as railroad laborers
The sugar house or F. B. Ficltas' Cor.
rome plantation, at st. Bernard, La, war
destroyed by fire few days ago. Loss,
$4,000; covered by insurance.
The first annual meeting of the Mi5sis
slppi Bar association was held at Jack kson,
a few days ago. The association numbers
about eighty-three members, forty being
present.
Sam Withers, dry goods clerk, at Pine
Bluff. Ark. shot a negro in the neck few
days ago inficting a dangerous wound.
The negro was advancing on Withers, and
in his excitement, while trying to fire his
pistol, shot himself in the thigh.
The residence of A. G., Strauss at Lon
oke, Ark, was destroyed by fire few
DAYS ago. 1t was the best dwelling in the
town. and the loss will reach $1,000. The
family and servants escaped in their night
clothes, and saved nothing. Insurance on
building and furniture, $4,000.
A professional hunter in Calcasieu Par
ish, La. reports that he killed in two days
and a half recently, hunting about four
hours each day, 22G snipe, 26 prairie hens
and 81 ducks. He realizes quite a hand
some sum from the sale of the game he
kills. the greater part of which he SHIPS
to New Orleans From sixty-siX days
hunting last season he netted $5l1, clear Of
expenses.
Fire few days ago almost totally de
stroved the stock of Preuser Il Wellen
voss, wholesale and retail dealers i'll hats
and cans at Louisville, KY. The stock OF
hand was estimated at 5000; insured fol
s14.GaO. Bergemann's photograph CALLER,
adjoining was damaged to the extent o.
about $4,000.
On NewsOme's plantation, near Albany
Ga, is a field, still in cultivation, and OF
remarkable fertility for its age, that the
Indians cultivated when the pioneers
reached that section. In 1885 Mr.. New
some raised very successful crop o.!
Water-melons on the old field and cleared
something like 500 on it. Last spring l,
was planted in cotton, and the weed now
standing indicates that the crop was bet
ter than an average Of that county.
Arch LangfOrd, farmer living few
miles east of Denison, Tex, who had been
in town few days ago, drinking freely
while en- route home late al night
on horseback was thrown from his horse
and so injured by the fall and the cold that
he died the next day. He was not full!
conscious after being found.
G.. c. Flora, of Campbe.lsville, KY, re-
Gently accomplished remarkable feat
eating sixty qIails in thirty consecutive
DAYS, and was still eating birds, which,
with small quantity of water was his
only diet, eating two each day. He has
them cooked in different ways, some
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